Supporting-hook for fire-hose



No. 622,246. Patented Apr. 4, I899. F. D. MATHEAS.

SUPPORTING HOOK FOR FIRE HOSE.

(Application flld Apr. 4, 1898.)

(No Model.)

WITNESSES: INVENT A 77'ORNEYJ,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK MATHEAS, OF BANGOR, MAINE.

SUPPORTING-HOOK FOR FIRE-HOSE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,246, dated April 4,1899.

' Application filed April 4, 1898. $erial No. 676,379. (No model.)

T0 Mi whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK D. MATHEAS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Bangor, in the county of Penobscot and State ofMaine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSupporting-Hooks for Fire- Hose; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable otheps skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates to improvements in supporting-hooks forfire-hose; and it consists, essentially, in the features of constructionand combination of parts which will be hereinafter more fully describedand claimed.

The primary object of my invention is to provide ahook which may bequickly and conveniently applied to the hose whenever it is foundnecessary or desirable to play a stream on a burning building from aladder and whereby the hose may be easily carried up the ladder andsupported upon one of the rounds thereof at the desired elevation toenable the pipeman to much more readily direct the playing of the streamto the best advantage.

A further object is to provide a hook which is adapted to compensate forvibrations due to the pulsations of the flowing current of water and forback-and-forth jumping of the hose when the flow of water is let on andcut off, thereby rendering the operation of han dlin g the hose muchsafer and easier and obviating all liability ofv the pipeman beingthrown off the ladder.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is avertical sectional view of portion of a ladder, showing thenozzle-section of a hose supported upon one of the rounds thereof by myimproved hook. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the complete hookdetached. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the hookmember proper.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, wherein similar lettersof reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,A represents the nozzle-section of the hose, and B the nozzle, which isunited thereto by the coupling O, the sleeve of the nozzle beingprovided with the usual circumferential flanged collars or beads cl.

The supporting-hook consists of a body portion or shank E, slotted at ffor passage of the connecting-straps, hereinafter described, and

provided with laterally-projecting flanges g,

integral stop-hook H, having a bill h extend in g substantially parallelwith the shank and arranged between the same and the-flaring bill of thesupporting-hook. This stop-hook is considerably smaller than thesupportinghook and projects in the reverse direction thereto, and thesetwo hooks, in conjunction with the shank,form a loop orreceiving-opening, to which entrance is afforded through the contractedspace formed by the respective bills of the hooks, as shown.

The hook is connected to the hose-nozzle by means of straps I J, each ofwhich is provided at one end with a buckle i and loop j and at theopposite end with a series of orifices 7", through either one of whichthe tongue of the buckle is adapted to be inserted to permit of thestraps being tightened as desired and applied to nozzles of differentsizes. Connected with these straps on the diametricallyopposite side ofthe nozzle from the hook is a handle or hand-grasp K, by means of whichthe end of the hose maybe convenientlylifted and transported.

In operation the nozzle end of the hose is lifted and carried up theladder by means of the hand-grasp K or hook G, as preferred, to

the. desired elevation and the hook G slipped a straight line betweenthe two hooks G H, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

The advantage of my invention will be apparent to those skilled in theart. Ordinarily three or four men are required to properly handle thehose and direct the stream of water, owing to the fact that the weightof the hose and water must be supported and the hose held firmly toprevent it from swaying or swinging under the impulses of therapidlyflowing stream and under the severe shocks produced when the flowof water is suddenly let on or out off. The greatest care must beexercised even under these conditions, as the shocks are ofttimes severeenough to throw a fireman from off the ladder. By my invention theweight of the hose and water is not only supported, but the movements ofthe hose restrained, so that a single man may control the hose withcomparative ease and safety.

My improved support may be quickly and conveniently applied for use andas readily removed after use to permit of the hose being wound upon areel or stored in a hose-wagon.

It is to be understood that changes in the form, proportion, and minordetails of construction may be made within the scope of the inventionwithout departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantagesthereof.

Having thus fully described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. 111 a device of the class described, the combination with ahose-nozzle having upper and lower flanges, of a supporting-hookcomprising a shank provided with side flanges forming abroad baseportion bearing against one side of the nozzle and abutting against saidflanges, said shank being provided at one end with a rigid,integralsupporting-hook projecting toward the rear of the nozzle and atits opposite end with a rigid, integral stophook projecting toward thefront of the nozzle and arranged between the shank and bill of thesupporting-hook, and straps passed through slots in the shank andconneetin g the shank and nozzle, substantially as described.

2. In a supporting-hook for fire-hose, the combination of a shankprovided at one end with a comparatively large supporting-hook and atits opposite end with a relatively smaller stop-hook having its billextending parallel with the shank and located between the same and thebill of the supporting-hook, straps passed through slots in the shank,and a handle connectin g the straps, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK D. MA'lIIEAS.

Witnesses:

NELLIE T. ITANEY, M. CUNAN.

